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I don't discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I'm not interested in philosophy classes.

Al McGuire

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Al McGuire
Age: 72 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 7
Died: 2001
Died: January 26
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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Help one kid at a time. He'll maybe go back and help a few more.
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I let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn't trying to prove I'm boss. I know I'm boss.
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It bothers me that the average fan, the average sportswriter for that matter, pays so much attention to what's in a box score. A box score does not properly represent the most important thing - team play. It shows some guy scoring 27 points, but it doesn't show that my 27-point man let his guy score 30.
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Don't call me son unless you're going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, Son.)
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When I'm losing, they call me nuts. When I'm winning, they call me eccentric.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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Can't win without talent, you know.
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